Strategic environmental disclosure: Evidence from the DOE’s voluntary greenhouse gas registry
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Although mandatory disclosure programs have been studied extensively, strategic voluntary environmental disclosures by firms are not well understood. We study the motivations for and impacts of firms’ strategic disclosure of greenhouse gas reductions to theUS government.Wefirstmodel firms’ joint abatement and disclosure decisions, incorporating both economic and political incentives. We then use data from the Department of Energy’s Voluntary Greenhouse Gas Registry to compare reported reductions to actual emissions. We find that participants in the program engage in highly selective reporting: in the aggregate, they increase emissions over time but report reductions. In contrast, non-participants decrease emissions over time. Participants tend to be large firms facing strong regulatory pressure; pressure from environmental groups reduces the likelihood of participation, suggesting such groups viewed the program as a form of greenwash. Participating in the 1605(b) program had no significant effect on a firm’s changes in carbon intensity over time. & 2011 Published by Elsevier Inc.
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